Gunston Hall (LSD 5) - Naval Cruise Book

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X DIVISION Row 1: Nielsen, Hansen, Williams, Harrington, Bakker, Berenis, Weber. Row 2: Stegeman, Caston, Peres, Sheridan, Lonning, Kelly, Kiesil, Ogden. Row 3: Colhoff, Richardson, Dollarhide, looker, Spears, Grubb, Hauser. (Absent): Greene, Sierck, Mullin, Otahu, Smith, Mahan, Williams, B., Gaydos, Harer, Holtzclaw, Veater, McLeod, Cyabyab.

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J. S. BRUNSON, LTJG, USN ALABAMA ASSISTANT ENGINEERING OFFICER DEGROOT, LTJG, USNR WASHINGTON A DIVISION OFFICER C. H. BAKER, CHMACH, USN WASHINGTON MAIN PROPULSION OFFICER

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OPERATIONS! Hew do ! knew? ! can ' t read it! The Quartermasters translate those bits of colored cloth flying from the halyards or the flashing light we often see blinking from other ships. They also keep the navigational charts up to snuff . . . and act as assistant to the Navigator and officer of the deck. . . The Radiomen make English out of dits and dahs and dahs and dits out of our English. Through them we learn where we are going and what we will do. Our Bosses learn that we have arrived and have done as they told us . . . The Radarmen . . . the eyes of our ship Through them the OOD scans the air and sea. At night or during bad weather they are the eyes which see through the darkness or storm; they keep us on station . . . And last, but by all means not least, are the Yeo- men. They handle the office work, be it liberty, leave discharge or transfer the Yeomen know what to do . . . These specialists form the C division . . . Well Kiesil smiled, anywav. tt. k f A B H l H K K. ' - ' - B Kjkjd-x- ' ' i 9 | Bm Bj NH So what am I sup: to do about it? 11